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anthonyvop
29th February 2008, 18:11
Random Thoughts on Homestead Day 2

The Paddock was a bit more subdued on day 2 compared to the feelings yesterday that bordered on orgasmic. Mainly due to the Forsthye announcement.

2 other Champ Car teams are also rumored to be blowing off the IRL.

Not as cold as it was last night but still chilly. Most drivers admit that it has hurt their ability to compile data for next month’s race as Track conditions are sure to be different. The Champ Car teams making the switch will have their own test the week before the Homestead race so that might help them with a baseline setup.

No Champ Car drive I talked to has a clue about if they are driving at Long Beach.

Talked with Bruno again and he said that they are expecting delivery of their cars next week. He was very pessimistic on their competitiveness out of the box and expects it will take a long time to catch up. Then again Bruno always downplays things like that.

The Homestead-Miami Speedway is building a new infield Media Center, 2 stories and will be an improvement over the cramped one they have now. And definitely better than the overflow media tent.

Watched with interest the Gannassi cars during the testing. They ran about 20 laps nose to tail and side by side. Helio, Briscoe and Kannan would also join them. When they came close to some other cars, like a Vision or Roth car, they spread out WIDE!

Talked to Milka Duno. BOOBIES! She is a sweet lady. BOOBIES! She has improved a bit but still has a long way to go. BOOBIES! She admitted that her Citgo Sponsorship is not for the full year and she needs to find more funding for the last 5 races. BOOBIES!

The food again was excellent. Penne Pasta was al-dente. Surprisingly good Lasagna. Dessert was a funky strawberry cake though.

Tony Kannan has become the hardest interview to get. Why? I have no clue. I mean, come on. Helio is accessible; Weldon is a piece of cake. Even Danica isn’t that hard to get.

Roberto Moreno is looking for a ride…anywhere.

Ryan Hunter-Reay seemed relieved that all the drama with the series and his future was over.

I have to admit that I like the Ethanol car’s Paint scheme. Looked nice under the lights.

bblocker68
29th February 2008, 18:19
Thanks for the report!

Breeze
29th February 2008, 19:09
Anything you'd like to add about Milka? :)

BenRoethig
29th February 2008, 19:24
I really like Milka as both a person and as a sports car driver, but they should really have a short leash on her this year. Usually the combination of a driver who's inexperienced on ovals, a second rate team, and government owned sponsor trying to make a statement are usually a recipe for disaster.

gofastandwynn
29th February 2008, 19:42
I will say this much about Milka. While I don't think she had the most talent, whe was a rookie on a team that had never done open wheel cars before. What I was a Iowa last year for qualifying, every single car was glued to the corners except Milka. He car was twitching in the turns like no other car, so I don't think a good part of that was the team. It will be interesting to she what she does on the RC with D&R.

BobGarage
29th February 2008, 21:16
Talked with Bruno again and he said that they are expecting delivery of their cars next week.
Well that virtual confirms that coyne are in!.



2 other Champ Car teams are also rumored to be blowing off the IRL.
my guess would be rocketsports as 1 of the two out.
who is the other? minardi? pcm?

Alfa Fan
29th February 2008, 21:29
PCM have commited to IRL already. In fact, IIRC, they were the first to officially announce it.

anthonyvop
29th February 2008, 22:39
Well that virtual confirms that coyne are in!.



my guess would be rocketsports as 1 of the two out.
who is the other? minardi? pcm?

Scratch Rocketsports from the IRL.

Minardi's new driver brought along PDVSA as a sponsor. The Venezuelan National Oil Company(Chavez) which also owns Citgo.

BobGarage
29th February 2008, 23:16
PCM have commited to IRL already. In fact, IIRC, they were the first to officially announce it.

actually PCM only said they were seriously looking at running two cars but they were the first to say so.

Conquest and NHL are the only team from CC, so far, to offically make the switch. And both are the only ones listed on indycar.com.

stmookeyj
1st March 2008, 14:34
Roberto Moreno is looking for a ride…anywhere.


How old is he now, 78? And he's still better than a few of the hacks that have a ride?